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Glynn Simmons: US judge exonerates inmate after 48 years in prison 

By Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York An Oklahoma judge has exonerated a man who was in prison for almost half a century for a 1974 murder, the longest wrongful sentence to be served in the US.  Glynn Simmons, 70, was freed in July when a judge ordered a new trial.  But a county district attorney said on Monday there ...

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